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Penta 725 IP Audio Router Helps Hold Down Costs
Debuted at IBC 2011 and now in production, NTP Technology’s new Penta 725 IP digital audio router oﬀers substantial savings in network operating costs by eliminating the need to lease expensive dedicated telco lines. These lines are traditionally used to carry audio from a regional radio or television studio back to a central location. Designed for broadcasters and independent studio operators, the Penta 725 IP allows a high quality audio routing network to be operated using low-cost Gigabit IP based Ethernet lines. It delivers the additional beneﬁt of being easier to use than traditional leased-telcoline systems because it is fully controllable via our intuitive VMC software. Using the Penta 725 IP allows city-wide, country-wide or global routing of high quality audio with sub-millisecond timing accuracy. Penta 725 IP systems can be combined to handle a total of 512 channels on a 1 gigabit/s network. Larger systems can be integrated where greater network capacity is available. Each audio channel can be deployed as router input/output connections or to connect with extra Penta 725 IP units. IP audio entering or leaving the Penta 725 IP router can be interfaced on a PC platform by using a dedicated Ethernet sound card or its virtual equivalent. NTP Technology’s VMC control software is employed to select a monitor source which can be made directly available for high-quality/lowlatency monitoring. Two RJ45 Cat 6 Gigabit Ethernet connectors are available on the Penta 725 IP for fully redundant surface. Changes can be made dynamically to match programme schedules. The compact Penta 725 IP router has a capacity of 1024x1024 crosspoints and can accommodate 64 bi-directional channels via IP. It can also be populated to handle 64 AES3 input/output channels, six optical MADI channels and optional sampling-rate converters interfaces.

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connection. Control and IP audio data are transmitted on the same IP connection, enabling in-band control of additional IP audio nodes as well as control via the NTP Router Control System RCCoreV3 on the same network. The Penta 725 IP combines standard time-division multiplex routing with the ability to interface audio between AES3 and AES10 (MADI). All switching on the IP network is controlled via the NTPTechnology RCCore router control system. Connections are managed by the VMC control

The Penta 725 IP is equipped with an auxiliary power supply. An auxiliary IP Matrix core module is optional. NTP Technology has also introduced new router control applications. The VMC II control software, V2 PPM Panel and 615 remote control panels. The latter are compatible with the 625 audio router, 625 MADI router, Penta 725 audio router and DAD-AX24 analogue-to-digital/digital-toanalogue converter, and a range of routing control applications. ■

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FFV’s sideKick HD™ Makes World Debut
Superior picture quality is the hallmark of Fast Forward Video’s award-winning line of digital video recording (DVR) systems, and this year’s NAB attendees will understand why. Attendees will have their ﬁrst look at the new sideKick HD™, a multiformat, straight-to-edit camera-mountable DVR that raises the bar for image quality when paired with today’s state-of-the-art camcorders. camcorders without having to compromise on quality. While the on-board recorders of most camcorders typically deliver a data stream of only 30 megabits per second, the sideKick HD is able to record at 220 megabits per second providing signiﬁcantly higher image quality for the “camera original.” As a true straight-to-edit DVR, the sideKick HD records to oﬀ-the-shelf, removable 2.5-inch SSD drives in native ProRes (for Apple® Final Cut Pro®) or DNxHD (Avid®) NLE formats.

sideKick HD™

Making its international debut at the 2012 NAB Show, FFV’s new sideKick HD™ offers unmatched image quality in a camera-mountable recording solution. Designed to ease production workﬂows and satisfy the demands of both producers and postproduction editors, the sideKick HD enables customers to get the most out of their

sideKick HD™ Studio

FFV’s sideKick HD™ Studio is a new, rackmountable version of FFV’s powerful sideKick cameramounted DVR for use in base stations and studio locations. Occupying only a half RU in

width and 2RU in height, sideKick HD Studio is directly compatible with the camera-mounted sideKick HD, giving users the ability to transfer ﬁeld footage stored on the unit’s 2.5-inch SSD directly into the sideKick HD Studio for easy integration with NLE systems and other content sources for fast and seamless editing and playback to air. ■

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